My list of projects for this spring is starting to get going. In a few weeks, my area will be at its average date of last frost (March 15 or s0) so I need to have my vegetable garden ready for planting. That means I need to have the area fenced to keep the rabbits out. It’s nice and toasty this week (in the 60’s), so I think I’m going to get that fence installed. A few wooden posts, steel t-posts to supplement, and rabbit fencing. I plan on installing a pair of gates since it’s a big garden, too. Once that is done, I can get to planting some woody species…I absolutely want some blackberries. Maybe some raspberries, too. Read more...(359 words, 0 images, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

I finally planted the rest of my vegetables today. Due to budgetary issues, the wife didn’t want me buying more seed starting gear…I had to make due with what I had. I had some extra starter discs, but I didn’t have a tray to put them in. So I improvised. I’m not using the lid on my big tray anymore, because the plants are too tall. So that top became the bottom for my other veggies. Read more...(1032 words, 3 images, estimated 4:08 mins reading time)

I tried to start a vegetable garden last year and I had all my seeds started…until I got leukemia. When that happened, the whole project halted. I had tilled the garden, fertilized with horse manure, and all that. But being in a coma for a month dampens the ability to work on such a project. Read more...(250 words, 2 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)